Coincidentally, Guo Jing arrives at Chongyang Palace together with Yang Guo and he drives away Huodu and his men. He brings his henchmen with him and they raid Chongyang Palace along the way. The Mongol prince Huodu believes the tale and travels to the Ancient Tomb, hoping to meet Xiaolongnü.
In addition, the lucky man will claim possession of the tomb, which is said to house great treasures and martial arts manuals. Meanwhile, Li Mochou spread rumours in the jianghu that when Xiaolongnü turned 18, she will offer her hand in marriage to any man who can defeat her. Xiaolongnü inherited the sect's leadership position when she was 14 after her teacher died. Xiaolongnü's senior Li Mochou was expelled from the sect for poor conduct. She starts learning the sect's highest order skill from the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, but since her teacher's understanding of the skill was incomplete, her own understanding is even more limited. As a child, she was taught all the sect's martial arts and mastered all of them after many years. Xiaolongnü was raised as a student by a woman (whose name is not mentioned in the novel) who is the apprentice of Lin Chaoying, the founder of the Ancient Tomb Sect. Before they could decide what to do with the baby girl because the sect does not accept female members, a middle-aged woman called Granny Sun appeared and took Xiaolongnü away to the nearby Ancient Tomb. Her cries broke the silence of the night and drew the attention of Quanzhen's priests. Xiaolongnü was abandoned as an infant outside Chongyang Palace (the Quanzhen Sect's headquarters) by an unknown figure. Her real name is unknown and is never mentioned in the novel she is referred to as "Xiaolongnü" by other people, and as "Long'er" by Yang Guo, her teacher and Granny Sun. Xiaolongnü's name (literally "Little Dragon Maiden") is based on the year she was born, the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac.
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